Töpfermuseum Thurnau
Specialist museum on Thurnau's pottery tradition of over 400 years in the former Latin school, with a smoke kitchen from the 16th century.
Over het museum
Potters have been documented in Thurnau since 1579. For a long time they mainly made single-color glazed everyday tableware for kitchen, stable and field; from the mid-19th century, decorations applied with a slip trailer (Malhorn) were added. After a decline around 1900, the painter and ceramicist Günther Stüdemann revived the craft from the 1940s by introducing faience painting and training numerous apprentices.
Planning for a museum began in the 1970s. In 1978, the market town made the building of the former Latin school on Kirchplatz available, a 16th-century building with a Renaissance gable. The driving force was Luise Stüdemann, from whose and her husband's estate a large part of the collection comes. In 1982, the pottery museum opened as an institution of the market town of Thurnau.
Over the following decades the building was expanded several times, most recently in 2014 with a didactically revised exhibition, a storage area and a museum education area. The collection comprises ceramics from 19 Thurnau workshops, some of which still exist today, and documents all the steps from clay extraction to firing. During renovation work, a smoke kitchen from the 16th century came to light, which is now furnished with historic cooking and baking ware.
Hoogtepunten
- Ceramics from 19 Thurnau pottery workshops
- Black kitchen (smoke kitchen) from the 16th century
- Miniature tableware and toy figures ("Mopper")
- Faience by Günther Stüdemann
- Free audio guide with journeyman potter Johann
- The museum's own clay workshop for courses and children's birthday parties
Vaste collectie
- Thurnauer Töpferei in Geschichte und Gegenwart – Everyday tableware such as strainer pots and hare roasting pans, miniature tableware and handicraft pieces from 19 workshops; also the steps from clay extraction through throwing and decorating to firing.
- Schwarze Küche – A smoke kitchen from the 16th century discovered during renovation work, furnished with baking and cooking ware made of Thurnau earthenware.
- Keramik von Günther Stüdemann – Faience by the painter and ceramicist who shaped the shift from traditional craft to art craft in Thurnau from the 1940s on.
- Opgericht
- 1982
- Beheerder
- Markt Thurnau
- Directie
- Sandra Peters
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 3 |
|---|---|
| Met korting | € 1,50Students, university students, people with severe disabilities, holders of the Bavarian Ehrenamtskarte (volunteer card) |
| Kinderen & jongeren | € 1,50Preschool children free, school students €1.50. |
| Mensen met een beperking | € 1,50 |
| Studenten | € 1,50 |
| Groepen (vanaf 10 pers.) | € 1,50 p.p.Per person for 10 or more people. Tour (up to 25 people, approx. 1 hour) €20 per group plus admission; registration at 09228 951-36. |
Free admission for members of the friends' association, the Museumsbund and the BVGD, and with the Verbundkarte Museen der Fränkischen Schweiz. Concessions including with ErlebnisCard Fränkische Schweiz, Gästekarte Wirsberg, Däumling-Familienpass Bamberg, Partner-Card of the Fichtelgebirgsverein and Egronet ticket. Admission vouchers (€3) in the museum shop.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
According to the Museumsportal Bayern, not accessible; seating available. The combined castle and museum tour is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
- Kinderfeestjes
Children's birthday parties with pottery or painting a clay plate for children of elementary school age and up (5–8 children, approx. 2.5 hrs, €20 per child), also outside opening hours. School programs with experiments and work in the museum's own clay workshop (grades 1–6, 90 min., €3 per child); according to the Museumsportal Bayern, also family and holiday programs.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Bus connections to Thurnau (timetable information via the VGN).
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig · 200 m naar de ingang
Wanderparkplatz Jägerstraße (hikers' parking lot) for cars and tour buses, about 200 m from the museum.
By car via the A70, exit Thurnau Ost or Thurnau West; tour buses via the exit Thurnau West.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Museumwinkel
Museum shop in the ticket room with ceramics from Thurnau potteries, postcards and literature; selection also in the online shop toepfershop.de.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 60 min. |
|---|---|
| Audiotour | ja |
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Free audio guide via QR codes on your own smartphone: journeyman potter Johann Valentin Pittrof tells of his life. Group tours for 10–25 people by registration; also an active tour with pottery using self-hardening clay (approx. 1.5 hrs, €6.50 per person), a combined castle and museum tour (approx. 1.5 hrs) and private pottery courses for 5–8 people (approx. 2 hrs, €20 per person plus firing). |
